How to Use state the obvious in a Sentence

state the obvious

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• First up, mushrooms (to state the obvious), which can be fresh or dried.
  — Susan Kim, Bon Appétit, 21 Feb. 2022
• To state the obvious, coins are worth money.
  — USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
• Not to state the obvious, but shoes are a crucial component to any look.
  — Sophie Dweck, townandcountrymag.com, 13 May 2023
• To state the obvious, mistakes, a number of them tragic, were made.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• Not to state the obvious, but this is the sort of loss that derails division title hopes.
  — Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
• To state the obvious, hospitals should be places of care where human life is cherished and saved.
  — Evan Nierman, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2024
• This, to state the obvious, is no way to make decisions about the future of downtown.
  — Mark Lamster architecture Critic, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026
• Gift it to someone who gets really annoyed by people who state the obvious.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 3 Nov. 2022
• These programs are not supposed to work in favor of criminals, to state the obvious.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
• To state the obvious, one year ago today, in this sacred place, democracy was attacked.
  — Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2022
• And, to state the obvious, famous men just don't contend with the same level of vicious scrutiny.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 31 Jan. 2022
• Avoid Getting Sprayed Not to state the obvious, but not getting sprayed in the first place is your best bet.
  — Treehugger Editors, Treehugger, 27 July 2023
• To state the obvious, gambling and sports betting are not the same as investing, and they shouldn’t be seen as replacements.
  — Frank Holmes, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• Not to state the obvious, but TV occupies a different place in our brains than movies.
  — refinery29.com, 27 Dec. 2024
• To state the obvious, the Middle East has changed markedly since that plan was presented more than four years ago.
  — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
• To state the obvious, such trends are unhealthy and unsustainable — for society, parents and above all for kids.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
• So to date, researchers have extrapolated that what works for men will work for women—which, to state the obvious, doesn’t always work.
  — Anna Byrne, WIRED, 24 May 2023
• To say that the essence of the FBAR penalty regime is all about deterrence is to state the obvious.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
• Even so, to state the obvious, flamethrowers can easily burn both things and people, starting fires and wreaking havoc if not used safely.
  — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2024
• To state the obvious, starving innocent civilians as a weapon of war is inhumane and criminal.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
• To state the obvious, starving innocent civilians as a weapon of war is inhumane and criminal.
  — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 10 Aug. 2025
• To state the obvious, the fans who have propelled country’s popularity aren’t voters.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2025
• To state the obvious, not all information online is accurate or useful.
  — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
• Tribeca Synagogue New York, to state the obvious, has a lot of buildings and a lot of amazing buildings.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 2 July 2024
• All of this, to state the obvious, is incredibly improbable.
  — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
• Challenging Google directly will, to state the obvious, be an uphill battle.
  — Rob Toews, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022
• Among the commenters were officials with the Town of Indian Lake, which decided to state the obvious.
  — Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2024
• And, to state the obvious, crypto has never exactly been known for intense scrutiny and a hardline focus on the fundamentals.
  — Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
• To state the obvious, the Electoral College decides the presidency, and not the popular vote.
  — Jack Schlossberg, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2024
• Sorry to state the obvious, but anyone who can qualify for a million-dollar mortgage doesn’t need the government to subsidize it with a guarantee.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2022